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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Roger Kettle on December 08, 2011, 06:23:17 PM

Title: Storms.
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 08, 2011, 06:23:17 PM: Scotland is taking a bit of a battering today with gusts of wind up to 100 mph. Our beloved Peepmaster may well be sailing the Isle of Bute towards Norway as we speak. Here on the East coast, it's also pretty hairy with the Tay road bridge being closed all day and dustbins flying along the street. How's it been for the rest of you?
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Bilthehut on December 08, 2011, 06:24:55 PM: A trifle windy and stormy in Dorset, but worst yet to come (even though should be nothing like what you've had up't North.
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Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on December 08, 2011, 07:59:54 PM: Nothing a couple of Wind-eze capsules and a family pack of pot pourri can't handle, Roger.

Good luck!
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Post by: Diane CBPFC on December 08, 2011, 09:20:12 PM: I got a new dustbin.
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Post by: Mince on December 08, 2011, 09:42:45 PM: Did it get blown into your yard?
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Post by: Joan on December 08, 2011, 10:05:06 PM: Hope you're all safe and warm. Sounds pretty hairy. Stay inside! x
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 09, 2011, 02:49:20 AM: The power was off for most of the day here. By about 4.30 I was fed up with sitting at home in darkness, so went off to the pub and sat there in darkness instead. It is now 2.45 in the morning, my body clock is all to cock, and I'm catching up on emails etc.
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Diamond Lil on December 09, 2011, 07:38:11 AM: Someone is definitely looking after me.....after 27 years living in Killin, I decided it was time to retire and move to Stirling. I moved last Saturday and the snow started in Killin on the Sunday. Unpacking going well, judging by the amount of floor space now available although I miss the exercise involved in stepping over and around large boxes. Safe and warm in my ground floor flat yesterday and will now get to know the neighbourhood better as I search for my dustbin.

Note from the Surgery: apparently no electricity and no phones from early in the day and still the patients turned up for 3.30 afternoon clinic....missing it already!
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Joan on December 09, 2011, 11:54:08 PM: Phew! Just in time, Lil! Enjoy your retirement, though I'm sure it'll take a while to get used to not going in to work. :-)
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Post by: Diamond Lil on December 10, 2011, 07:27:53 AM: Thanks, Joan. Not had a chance to miss work yet what with unpacking and Christmas around the corner but I look forward to adapting to it!
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Post by: The Peepmaster on December 10, 2011, 01:12:37 PM: Quote from: Diamond Lil on December 10, 2011, 07:27:53 AM
Thanks, Joan. Not had a chance to miss work yet what with unpacking and Christmas around the corner but I look forward to adapting to it!

Hope the move goes well, Diamond Lil. It must be handy having Christmas just around the corner.
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Diane CBPFC on December 10, 2011, 05:34:04 PM: Happy Retirement Joan!

(http://apps.mezz.ca/blog/upload/m/e/mezz.ca/a026a935b47c2a37fd6e2386906a1d59.jpg)
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 10, 2011, 06:20:28 PM: I hate to mention this after all your work, Diane, but it's Diamond Lil who's retiring, not Joan. (Canadian woman puts virtual fist through virtual cake).
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Post by: Diane CBPFC on December 10, 2011, 07:37:46 PM: Bugger. :-[
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Post by: Joan on December 10, 2011, 11:06:54 PM: LOL! I'm so glad my work is done, Diane! I must show this to Trevor, who is outside mowing and edging and hinting that I should be out there helping him. Already told him I would varnish a bit of the cabana ceiling. Guess you've let me off the hook. Thanks for all that effort with the cake, though! ;)
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Diamond Lil on December 11, 2011, 07:09:47 AM: Quote from: The Peepmaster on December 10, 2011, 01:12:37 PM
Quote from: Diamond Lil on December 10, 2011, 07:27:53 AM
Thanks, Joan. Not had a chance to miss work yet what with unpacking and Christmas around the corner but I look forward to adapting to it!
It must be handy having Christmas just around the corner.

Even handier as it's next door to B&Q.... although I've still to register for the "10% off for pensioners on Wednesdays."
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Bilthehut on December 11, 2011, 05:16:05 PM: Quote from: Diamond Lil on December 11, 2011, 07:09:47 AM
Quote from: The Peepmaster on December 10, 2011, 01:12:37 PM
Quote from: Diamond Lil on December 10, 2011, 07:27:53 AM
Thanks, Joan. Not had a chance to miss work yet what with unpacking and Christmas around the corner but I look forward to adapting to it!
It must be handy having Christmas just around the corner.

Even handier as it's next door to B&Q.... although I've still to register for the "10% off for pensioners on Wednesdays."
How much do pensioners cost on the other days?
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Vulture on December 11, 2011, 09:33:39 PM: How much do pensioners cost on the other days?
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About 3/6d a pound...
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Jack on December 12, 2011, 04:54:52 PM: This one (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8283210.stm) got more than £2000 for hers, so that's still not a bad deal actually, even without the discount.

edit: Actually, she wasn't quite a pensioner yet, so never mind. Clearly the value goes down very very quickly over a short space of time.
Title: Re: Storms.
Post by: Malc on December 13, 2011, 08:32:29 AM: Back to the storms, I'm coping quite well, the sun was splitting the trees up here in Queensland until two days ago then the heavens opened and it rained for a whole hour, maybe even an hour and a half. My washing is out on the line, soaked.